Bar: Challenging Pardons Board, not Agong, on Najib's sentence

The Malaysian Bar submitted that their court action over former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s jail sentence reduction does not amount to challenging the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s power.

They instead contended that their judicial review leave application only targeted the advice given by the Pardons Board, which His Majesty is constitutionally bound to follow.

The Bar’s counsel Zainur Zakaria made the oral submission...